Error flash on screen

"Condensation Please wait" now let me tell you what I have done so far, left it in a very dry warm cabnet in my office for about 2 months ,I was on the who time , I would charge and drain my batteries on a dayly bases and I gave up and left it a lone until the begining of june and I brought it home left the unit out on my back deck in the sun for the afternoon and at dinner when I tried it the unit truned on for about 30 sec., and then the popup cam back. I've left it till now but would like to see it working.

I bought 3 Sony camcorders at different times, I have used not more than 20 times for each, and my brother bought another kind of camcorder did the same, but after 3-4 years, automatically quit one by one, even my brother’s camcorder quit within 4 years too, this is what I think, the big companies like Sony, Jvc etc., won’t let you use the same unit for a long time, from our case, made us thought, they probably put a timer to control the age of the camcorders. Maybe we have to know how to adjust or change the timer chap, this called a quality control.

I am still research about this case. And also I have a lot of documents can not transfer.

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The camera has got moisture inside it and that is why you getting the message on-screen.

I suggest you find a dry warm place to put the camera in for about 24 hours for the camera to dry out. Take out the battery when you do this.The condensation should have dried up after 24 hours and should be fine after that.

Put the camcorder in a warm dry place for a few hours, there is moisture inside the unit, that triggers the humidity sensor and shuts the camera off. If after drying the camcorder for a reasonable time it still will not function you will need to get it repaired.

It probably means that a moisture sensor has tripped inside the recording mechanism.
Did you take the camera from a cold (i.e air-conditioned) place into a warm place?
Generally waiting 'til the camera has warmed up and whatever moisture inside has gone away will let you use the camera again.

I purchased this camcorder used with the condesation error, it arrived
in the mail yesterday, I researched the fix and without loosing any
screws got it fixed. Here is what I did.

I plugged in the power cord, turned it to auto with the display screen
open, the condensation error was blinking, I left it on for about 30
mins to one hour {didn't keep a tab as I was watching my favorite Tv
show.} When I checked back the "condensation" error was gone.I then
placed it on "off /charge" to charge the battery.

This is the next day and it hasn't return. It is almost unbelievable,
the previous owner sold it just because of the error and I hardly did
anything much to fix it. I am so happy.

You have to completly thaw out the the freezer and dry off all moisture with paper towels then turn back on be sure to wipe the rubber seals down so no moisture is pulled out of the air between the seals of the door and cabnet.

1. There is a silver condensation detector in the tape compartment, rear left corner. You can try cleaning this with isopropyl alcohol. I have tried this, and it did not resolve the problem.
2. You can open the camera and unplug the power connector. This will reset the camera, and will resolve the issue for several months. I suggest looking further on this site, where there are instructions for which screws to remove to do this. I have done this, and it has resolved the issued for varying lenghts of time on my GR D30U.

If you refer to the message of condensation, test cleaning the sensor of condensation, a little black square joust behind of the drive motor, the drive motor is located too far on the left side of the mechanism, cleanup whit a qtip moistened lightly in some window cleaner, if this one gets dirty surely it was the problem, wait a few minutes to dries the product on the sensor and try it.

The camera has a sensor inside to detect condensation. Condensation can cause the tape to stick the the transport mechanism, resulting in possible damage.

Condensation can occur if the camera is moved from a cold environment to a warm one. The only thing you can do is open the tape compartment, remove the tape to allow maximum airflow and wait for the camera to warm up and any condensation to evaporate.

If the condensation warning had come on and your camera hasn't experienced a sudden change of temperature, this could indicate a possible fault. I'm afraid this is not something you would be able to fix yourself.